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Sunday, March 11, 2012

How do you make time?

This is my first blog post so please
have mercy and indulgence me.

When you decide to something out of the
ordinary, questions will arise. Some of these questions are fun to
answer, like: “What route will you be taking?” Or something more
rhetorical: “Have you considered professional counselling?” But a
lot of people have asked the question: How do you have time to do
this?

And I understand why they might ask.
The team is well aware of that most people will never drive an
ambulance through Central Asia just for “fun” (and for charity).
And how do you make time for such an expedition? It’s simple, you
surround yourself with people who want to do something spectacular
and you make time. (Well, not really, but that sounded really nice.)

There are hundred of things you need to have figured out before you
embark on this trip. One of them are visas, an other is the car,
web page, blogging, permits, letters of invitations and finding a
safari suit with matching hat. These things take time. But the most
important thing, is to make a plan, ideally with a timetable and
stick to it. A couple of hours each week spent on research or
preparing for the trip will in the end add up. We spend hours in
front of computers, instead of just randomly searching the web, we
are using this great tool to further the expedition. The expedition
becomes a hobby, that takes time away from other things, but it’s a
question of priorities. And yes, 6 weeks locked in a car with two
other gentlemen of ill repute sounds like a long time (and it is).
However, instead of spending my holiday doing nothing, I thought I
might do something. This something is an adventure of a lifetime and
might make the people back home more interested in a part of the
world that seems forgotten and we might just raise some money for
charity.